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1858-1859 N.M. Laws 68, ch. 26, § 7

dc.coverage.spatialNew Mexico [Territory]
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-24T00:41:40Z
dc.date.accessioned2025-11-12T20:55:25Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-17T03:26:51Z
dc.date.issued1858
dc.description.abstractProhibited any person to transfer to "any slave any sword, dirk, bowie-knife, gun, pistol or other fire arms, or any other kind of deadly weapon of offence, or any ammunition of any kind suitable for fire arms."
dc.description.exceptionsLawful authority, self defense.
dc.description.lawtextSEC. 7. Any person who shall sell, lend, hire, give, or in any manner furnish to any slave any sword, dirk, bowie-knife, gun, pistol or other fire arms, or any other kind of deadly weapon of offence, or any ammunition of any kind suitable for fire arms, shall, upon conviction, suffer the penalties prescribed in section six of this act: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prohibit the owner or master of any slave from temporarily arming such slave with such weapon and ammunition for the purpose of the lawful defence of himself, his family or property.
dc.description.summaryThe law prohibited anyone from selling, lending, giving, or otherwise furnishing enslaved people with firearms, swords, knives, ammunition, or other deadly weapons. An exception allowed an enslaver to temporarily arm an enslaved person for the lawful defense of himself, his family, or property.
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.firearmsresearchcenter.org/id/frc0001/4700
dc.relation.isreferencedbyGooglehttps://play.google.com/books/reader?id=z4o0AQAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA68&hl=en
dc.subjectENSLAVED PERSONS & OTHER MINORITIES
dc.title1858-1859 N.M. Laws 68, ch. 26, § 7

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